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COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY. 



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LAWS 



COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY; 



BEYISED, 1IIEXDED AND ADOPTED 



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BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 



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JULY, 1839. 



PRINCETON, N. J. 

PRINTED BY ROBERT E. HORNOR. 
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His Excellency, WILLIAM PENNINGTON, Esq. Governor 
of the State of New Jersey, and, ex ofiicio, President of the 
Board of Trustees. 

Rev. JAMES CARNAHAN, D. D., President of the College, 
and in the absence of the Governor, President of the Board. 

Rev. Samuel Miller, D. D., Princeton, New Jersey. 

Rev. Asa Hillyer, D. D., Orange, New Jersey. 

Roeert Lenox, Esq., New York City. 

Rev. John M'Dowell, D. D., Philadelphia. 

Rev. David Comfort, A. M., Kingston, New Jersey. 

Rev. Isaac V. Brown, A. M., Lawrenceville, New Jersey. 

Hon. Samuel L. Southard, L. L. D., Jersey City, New Jersey. 

Rev. Archibald Alexander, D, D., Princeton, New Jersey. 

William Shippen, M. D., Philadelphia. 

Rev. William W. Phillips, D. D., New York City. 

James S. Green, Esq., Princeton, New Jersey. 

Hon. Lewis Condict, M. D., Morristown, New Jersey. 

Lucius Q,. C. Elmer, Esq., Bridgeton, New Jersey. 

Rev. Eli F. Cooley, A. M., Trenton, New Jersey. 

Rev. John Breckinridge, D. D., Princeton, New Jersey. 

Rev. Joseph Campbell, D. D., Hackettstown, New Jersey. 

James Lenox, Esq., New York City. 

Roswell Colt, Esq., New York City. 

Rev. David Magie, A. M., Elizabethtown, New Jersey. 

Matthew Newkirk, Esq., Philadelphia. 



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Rev. JAMES CARNAHAN, D. D, 

President. 

Rev. JOHN MACLEAN, A.M. 

Vice President, and Professor of the Greek Language 

and Literature. 

Rev. ALBERT B. DOD, A. M. 

Professor of Mathematics. 

JOSEPH HENRY, A. M. 

Professor of Natural Philosophy. 

Rev. JAMES W. ALEXANDER, A. M. 

Professor of Belles Lettres and Latin. 

JOHN TORREY, M. D. 

Professor of Chemistry. 

BENEDICT JiEGER, A. M. 

Professor of Modern Languages, and Lecturer on Natural 

History. 

STEPHEN ALEXANDER, A. M. 

Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, and Lecturer on 

Astronomy. 

EVERT M. TOPPING, A. M. 
Adjunct Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages. 

WILLIAM S. COOLEY, A. M. 
Tutor. 

JOSEPH OWEN, A. M. 
Tutor. 

JAMES C. MOFFAT, A. M. 
Tutor. 

CHARLES K. IMBRIE, A. M. 
Tutor. 



LAWS OF THE COLLEGE 

CHAPTER I. 

OF THE OFFICERS OF COLLEGE GENERALLY. 

1. The officers of college are the president, vice-president, 
professors and tutors. 

2. They are responsible to the trustees for the full execution 
of the laws of the institution, and for the suitable and faithful 
instruction of the students. 

3. They are not to engage in any pursuit or occupation 
that will interfere with a stated and punctual discharge of all 
their official duties, without the consent of the board of trus- 
tees. 

4. It is the duty of every officer individually, to use his ut- 
most vigilance and exertions to carry into complete effect every 
law of the college without exception. As he is clothed with 
sufficient authority to make himself and the laws respected, he 
is never to suffer any violation of a law known to him, to pass 
without its due reprehension or punishment. 

5. An exemplary regard to moral and religious duties is in- 
dispensable in every officer of the college. 

6. At the beginning of each session, and as much oftener as 
to the president may seem expedient, there shall be a meeting 
of the officers of college, in which shall be assigned to each his 
part, in the instruction of the college, which shall be registered 
in the book of the faculty. Provided, however, that nothing 
more shall be assigned to the president than he shall v6lunta- 
rily accept; and that the professors severally shall always 
have the branches of science which they profess included in 
their parts of the distribution. The frequency with which 
each class shall recite shall be determined at these meetings. 

7. All the officers of the college have the right to enter the 
rooms and studies of the students at their pleasure, and it it 
their duty frequently to visit them. 



CHAPTER II. 

OF THE PRESIDENT. 

1. To the president is committed the general superintend- 
ence of the interests and reputation of the institution, which 
he is bound to promote and maintain by every exertion in his 
power. 

2. He has a right to be present at the recitation of any class 
in the college, as often as he may see proper, and to conduct 
or hear the recitation, if he choose. 

3. He will take such branches of instruction in the college, in- 
to his own hands, as he may judge that the number of other 
teachers in the institution and his own convenience render ne- 
cessary and proper. 

4. He is to see that prayers are made with the students 
morning and evening, and that public worship be celebrated 
with them on the Lord's Day : And he is also to give to the 
students a course of instruction on the evidences, principles 
and duties of the christian religion. 

5. He is, ex-officio, president of the faculty, when present 
with them, and also the administrator of their decisions in cases 
of discipline. 

6. He is to preside at examinations and commencements, and 
to confer all degrees. 



CHAPTER III. 

OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT. 

1. The vice-president is to conduct the studies of the youth 
in those branches of literature or science of which he is the 
professor. 

2. He is to convene and preside in the faculty, in the ab- 
sence of the president. 



CHAPTER IV. 

1. The professors shall be responsible for the faithful instruc- 
tion of the students in those departments of science and litera- 
ture which they shall severally profess. 



2. In the absence of the president and vice-president, the 
senior professor present shall convene and preside in the fac- 
ulty. Seniority to be determined by the date of their appoint- 
ment, unless the trustees may otherwise direct. 

3. The professors shall severally be responsible for the pre- 
servation of the apparatus and specimens belonging to their 
respective departments. 



CHAPTER V. 

OF THE TUTORS. 

1. The duty of the tutors in the instruction of the college is 
to assist the professors in teaching the Sophomore and Fresh- 
man classes, and to perform such other service as may be as- 
signed them agreeadly to chap. 1st. art. 6th. 

2. The tutors must live in the college edifice, unless prevent- 
ed by sickness. 

3. To the tutors is specially committed the preservation of 
order and decorum in the college edifice. 

4. The tutors shall ordinarily visit the rooms of the students 
thrice a day, viz : once in the study hours of the forenoon, once 
in those of the afternoon, and once after the ringing of the 
evening bell ; and they shall carefully note delinquent students, 
that they may be dealt with as the faculty shall determine. 

5. The tutors are to attend the meals of the students, to ask 
a blessing and return thanks at the dinner table, and to see 
that the youth conduct themselves with propriety, during the 
whole time that they are in the dining room. 



CHAPTER VI. 

OF THE FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE. 

1. The faculty of the college shall consist of all persons con- 
cerned in the instruction and government of it, except such as 
may be specially excepted by the board of trustees. 

2. A majority of the members of the faculty shall, when 
convened after due notice, constitute a quorum. 

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3. Every matter brought before the faculty shall be decided 
by vote ; and it shall be the privilege of the president of the 
college, when present, to vote in all cases that come before the 
faculty, and also to give a casting vote when otherwise there 
would be a tie. 

4. The faculty shall keep a book of records or minutes, and 
appoint a clerk who shall enter therein a fair statement of their 
transactions, resolutions and determinations ; which book the 
clerk shall lay before the trustees, at each of their stated meet- 
ings — The clerk of the faculty shall be allowed a compensation 
for his services. 

5. No act of the faculty, which is not recorded by their order 
shall be considered as valid. 



CHAPTER VII. 

Of the inspector, and op damages done to the 

COLLEGE. 

1. A person shall be appointed to inspect the college and see 
that the rooms and entries be kept in good repair, for which he 
shall receive such salary as the trustees shall from time to time 
appoint — This office may be connected with that of tutor or 
professor. 

2. The inspector shall visit all the apartments of the college 
once a month, to see if any waste has been made, and shall 
cause it immediately to be repaired. If the waste has happen- 
ed in any private apartment, and by the fault of him or them 
who occupy it, and in all cases where the damage could not be 
done by a person from without the apartment, the inspector 
shall charge double for the repairs which he shall cause to be 
made, and in like manner for damages made in the uninhabi- 
ted apartments of the college, when the party or parties who 
have offended can be discovered ; but when such discovery 
cannot be made, the inspector shall levy the expense of repairs 
equally on all the students, and it shall be paid before the end 
of the session in which it has taken place. 

3. The inspector shall keep an account of the repairs which 
have been made, and of the expenses incurred in consequence 



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oi them, and of the money he has received for damages from 
the students ; which he shall lay before the trustees at every 
stated meeting of the board, that a regular settlement may be 
made. 

4. Every student shall pay to the treasurer such sum as the 
trustees may order, at the commencement of each session, to 
constitute a fund in advance, for such general repairs of the 
college as are not chargeable to any individual. 

5. The inspector shall constantly keep by him such materi- 
als as are necessary for the repairs of the college. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

OF THE LIBRARIAN AND LIBRARY. 

1. The faculty shall appoint a librarian, who shall execute 
the duties of his office agreably to the direction of the faculty, 
in all matters which are not provided for by the rules estab- 
lished by the trustees. 

2. Every student shall at the commencement of each session, 
pay to the treasurer one dollar for the use and increase of the 
library. 

3. The librarian shall attend at the library one day in the 
week, at noon, during the session, to give out books to all who 
have a right to apply. He shall enter the names of the persons 
in a book kept for that purpose, with the number and condi- 
tion of the volu~ne, by which entry he shall compare it when 
returned. 

4. He shall keep another book for the purpose of recording- 
all additions made to the library, with the date of their recep- 
tion, and if they are presents, the name and place of abode of 
the donor ; and these books shall be immediately entered in 
the catalogue. 

5. No student or other person except members of the faculty, 
shall be allowed to take out of the library at one time more 
than one folio, two quartos, or two octavos, or smaller volumes, 
which shall be returned before they shall have liberty to take 
out any other books. 



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6. The librarian shall permit no student to keep a book long- 
er than two weeks. Every person who receives a book from 
the library shall be answerable for the injury done to it while 
in his posession ; if lost, defaced or torn, he shall pay a sum 
proportionable to the damage incurred, or replace it at the dis- 
cretion of the faculty. 

7. Any person, except a member of the faculty, who shall 
keep a book longer than two weeks, shall be fined twelve and 
a half cents, and at the same rate for a longer time. 

8. No person on whom a fine shall have been imposed, shall 
be allowed to take a book from the library, till the fine be paid. 

9. The members of the faculty may retain, in their keeping, 
books of science belonging to the branches which they teach, 
as long as to the librarian it shall appear that the general in- 
terest of the institution will permit; provided that this time does 
not extend beyond that session of the college during which the 
books shall be taken out of the library. 

10. No person, not immediately connected with the college, 
shall be permitted to take a book from the library, without de- 
positing with the librarian the value of the whole set, which 
shall be forfeited immediately after the expiration of the time 
above specified, if the book be not returned. 

11. No book shall be permitted to be carried more than a 
mile from the college. 

12. If the trustees or officers of the college, on any occasion, 
shall desire to consult a book in the library without taking it 
from the room, it shall be the duty of the librarian to attend 
them for that purpose. 

13. No books shall be taken from the library during the regu- 
lar vacations of the college. 



CHAPTER IX. 

OF PUNISHMENTS. 



1. The punishments of the institution, being wholly of the 
moral kind and addressed to the sense of duty and the princi- 
ples of honor and shame, are the following : Private admoni- 
tion or reprehension of a student by an officer of the college ; 



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admonition before the (acuity of the college oi concession; 
there ; formal admonitiou before the class of the offender, or in 
the presence of a select number of persons of any description, 
with acdnowledgments of the fault and engagements of amend 
ment ; public admonition and reprehension in the presence oi 
all the students, with a public eonlession and profession of pen i 
tence ; if the circumstances of the case require it, suspension 
from the privileges of the college for a limited time ; putting. 
the party on a state of probation, so that on the next offence he 
shall be wholly dismissed ; dismissing from tire house, and 
ordering the student to leave the college immediately, but with- 
out a public expulsion ; public and formal expulsion. 

2. In all the laws where the penalty is not specified, the se- 
lection and application of any of these punishments shall be by 
a vote of the faculty, except the first, which any officer may 
apply as he shall judge necessary, and expulsion, which shall 
be subject to the regulation afterwards provided. The faculty, 
moreover, are to judge of the circumstances of the offence, and 
to consider whether they extenuate or aggravate its nature, 
and proportion the penalty accordingly — The repetition of of- 
fences shall always be considered as an aggravating circum- 
stance. 

3. The punishment of expulsion shall be sanctioned by at 
least six trustees, met for that purpose, before it shall be finally 
inflicted ; but in the mean time the faculty may dismiss or sus- 
pend the offending party, and exclude him from all connexion 
with the college. 

4. If any student shall refuse to remove out of the college 
on being dismissed or suspended by the faculty, the faculty are 
authorized to cause him to be immediately removed, and if ne- 
cessary, to call in aid the civil authority ; and they are also 
authorized to cause an extract of their minutes respecting him 
to be published in the newspapers, and such student shall never 
aftewards be re-admitted to the college. 

CHAPTER X. 

OF ADMISSION INTO THE COLLEGE 

1. No person shall be admitted into college but by a vote oi 
the faculty taken for that purpose, after his examination. 



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2. No student shall be admitted into the Freshman or lowest 
class in this college, unless he be master of Ccesar's Commen- 
tary, (five books,) Salust, Virgil, (Eclogues and six books of the 
/Eneid) Cicero's select Orations contained in the volume in 
usnin Delphini, Mair's Introduction to Latin Syntax, the Gos- 
pels in the Greek Testament, Dalzel's Collectanea Grgeca 
Minora or Jacob's Greek Reader or other authors equivalent in 
quantity, together with Latin and Greek Grammar including 
Latin Prosody — and unless, also, he be well acquainted with 
Arithmetic, English Grammar, and Geography. 

No student shall be admitted to an advanced standing unless 
he be found on examination, to be equal to the class for which 
he shall be a candidate. 

3. No person shall be admitted into this college, under any 
pretence whatsoever, who may have studied at any other col- 
lege or university, without producing a certificate from the 
president or faculty of such college or university, that he has 
left it without censure. 

4. No student shall so enter the college as to pay less for en- 
trance, tuition and room-rent, than if he had entered the junior 
class at the beginning, and no student shall be admitted into 
college more advanced than the beginning of the senior year. 

5. Every person, before he is admitted to an actual standing 
in any class, shall obtain from the treasurer of the college a re- 
ceipt or certificate, by which it shall appear that he has com- 
plied with the existing orders of the trustees in regard to ex- 
pense ; which certificate or receipt he shall produce to that 
officer of the college who has at that time the instruction of the 
class into which he desires to enter; and if any officer admit a 
student to the recitations of his class, without such receipt or 
certificate, such officer shall be responsible to the treasurer for 
the expenses of such student; and this rule shall also be ob- 
served in regard to every student at the commencement of every 
new session of the college. 

6. If any student shall be received into college after the com- 
mencement of a session and before the middle of it, he shall pay 
the tuition, room rent, library and damage money, accruing on 
the whole session : if admitted after the middle of the session, 
he shall pay for the half thereof. 



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7. To prevent all excuses arising from an ignorance of the 

laws of this institution, every student shall receive a printed 
copy of them, lor which he shall pay to the treasurer thirty- 
three cents, to defray the expenses of printing. 



CHAPTER XI. 

OF STUDY. 

1. Every student shall diligently apply himself to such stu 
dies as shall be prescribed to him by his teacher, and shall be 
careful not to be absent from any recitation of his class. 

2. Every instructer shall appoint the lime and place for the 
recitations of the class he instructs. 

3. When a student is absent from recitation, without the ex- 
press permission of his instructer, he shall be called to an ac- 
count for it ; and if he have not a sufficient excuse to justify 
the absence, he shall be reprimanded by his instructer accord- 
ing to the nature of the oifence ; and if such absences become 
frequent with a student, he shall be reported to the faculty, and 
by their decision, be subjected to such punishment as may be 
deemed necessary. 

4. The hours of study shall be from the time of morning 
prayers till eight o'clock, from nine till twelve in the forenoon, 
and from two till five in the afternoon ; during which time 
every student shall keep his room, unless called from it to re- 
cite, or by some urgent necessity, of which he shall always be 
ready to give an account to any officer of the college which 
may observe his absence. It is also required that the students 
be particularly careful to keep to their rooms after the ringing 
of the evening bell, unless obliged to leave them by some cause 
that will obviously justify their absence to the members of the 
faculty. 

5. At the close of each session of the college, every class 
shall be strictly examined on all the studies of that session ,and 
at the close of each year, on the studies of that year. The fa- 
culty may also appoint quarterly examinations of all, or any 
of the classes, whenever they may judge it expedient. These 
examinations shall be public, so far as to admit not only the 
trustees, but all gentlemen of liberal education who may choose 



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d be presentj and such oilier persons as ihe faculty or trustees 
may invite. 

6. Tliose who shall appear to the faculty, on examination, 
to be deficient in their studies, shall be dealt with according to 
the nature and extent of the deficiency. If the deficiency be 
great, the party in whom it appears shall be put into a lower 
class : if it be such as can be remedied by diligence, the faculty 
may allow the ensuing vacation to make it up, and examine 
the paity at the beginning of the succeeding session. If proofs 
of negligence appear in any, though it have not been productive 
of gross deficiency, the faculty may mention before the class, 
the names of such persons, and administer a reproof to them, 
and an exhortation to greater diligence in future ; those on the 
contrary, who shall appear toexcel,shall be mentioned with ap- 
probation. And in awarding all literary honors and distinc- 
tions, a regard shall be had to the moral conduct, and orderly 
behaviour of the candidates for such distinctions. 

7. Competitions in the various branches of literature and 
exercises of the college may be appointed by the faculty, "at 
such times, and subject to such regulations, as they may judge 
most expedient. 

8. The examination for degrees shall be on all the studies of 
the college course. 



CHAPTER XII. 

OP PUBLIC SPEAKING. 

1. For the improvement of the students in public speaking, 
two or more orations shall be pronounced every evening im- 
mediately after prayers, on the stage in the public hall : or at 
such other time and place as the faculty may direct. These 
shall be assigned to the students in rotation, so that all may 
have the benefit of this exercise ; nor shall any student be ex- 
empted from it, except on account of natural impediments or 
other disqualifications, of which the faculty or president may 
judge. 

2. The members of the senior class shall be excused from 
the above exercises, and in place of them shall each pronounce, 

1 1 stated times, to be appointed by the faculty, an oration or 



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declamation of their own composition, as the faculty shall ap- 
point. 

3. Occasional exercises in public speaking may be assigned 
at the discretion of the faculty. 

4. On the day of commencement the candidates for degrees 
shall perform such exercises as shall be appointed them, and 
ho candidate shall refuse the exercises assigned him, under 
penalty of being refused his diploma. 

5. Nothing indecent, profane or immoral, shall at any time 
be delivered on the public stage, under penalty of such censure 
as the faculty or trustees shall judge proper. And with a 
view to preserve all the public exercises of the students from 
impropriety of any kind, every student, during the whole of 
his senior year, and previously to his commencement perform- 
ances especially, shall at least two weeks before the delivery, 
show to the president the whole of what he proposes to speak, 
and shall not fail to observe such corrections as shall be made 
of his performances ; and if any student pronounce any thing 
in public of a censurable nature, in contradiction to the direc- 
tions or corrections of the officer to whom he has shown his 
piece, the president is required to stop him on the public stage, 
and he shall be otherwise censured as the trustees or faculty 
shall determine. 



CAAPTER XIII. 

OF ORDER IN THE DINING ROOM. 

1. At the signal for breakfast, dinner and supper, the stu- 
dents shall go peaceably to the door of the dining room, where 
they shall wait five minutes, if neceessary, for a tutor. 

2. The students shall sit at the tables, according to the order 
which the faculty or tutors shall appoint, and shall behave 
themselves with decorum, carefully observing all the regula- 
tions which the faculty or the tutors shall make for their de- 
cent and proper behaviour. 

3. Any officer of college attending at the dining table shall 
have full power to send out of the dining room any student, 
who shall behave in any respect indecently or improperly. 

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4. The students shall at all times pay respect to the steward 
of' the college, and they shall not on any occasion infringe on 
the regulations which, with the approbation of the faculty, he 
may make for the good order of the servants, or of the dining 
room and kitchen. 

5. If any wilful damage be done to the furniture, or any un- 
necessary waste of the provisions of the table be made, the fa- 
culty shall require the individual, or the mess, by whom the 
damage was done, or the waste made, to pay double the amount, 
and also inflict such other censure as they may judge necessary. 

6. The steward shall not be obliged to provide any by-meal, 
except in case of sickness, for any student or students who may 
not attend at the regular hours of breakfast, dinner or supper. 

7. No student shall on any occasion leave the dining table 
before it be regularly dismissed, except by permission from one 
of the officers present. 

8. No student, who is capable of attending on the exercises 
of college, shall be permitted to board out of the house, unless 
it be with his parents or with the president, vice-president, or 
professors of college. 

9. The price of board shall be settled by the trustees, as 
often as shall be judged necessary. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

OF DRESS. 

1. It is recommended to the students to be plain in their 
dress, but it is required of them always to appear neat and 
cleanly ; and if any student shall be grossly negligent in this 
respect, it shall be the duty of the college officers to admonish 
him for it, and see that he preserve a decent appearance. 

2. Every student shall possess a black gown, which shall be 
made agreeably to a fashion which the faculty shall prescribe; 
and all the students shall appear in their gowns, on all such 
occasions as shall be specified and announced to them by the- 
trustees or faculty of the college. 



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CHAPTER XV. 

OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, AND MORAL CONDUCT. 

1; Every student shall attend worship in the college hall, 
morning and evening, at the hours appointed, and shall be- 
have with gravity and reverence, during the whole service. 

2. Every student shall attend public worship on the Sab- 
bath, at such times and places as shall be directed, and shall 
be careful to maintain a reverential deportment. The sancti- 
fication of the whole of the Sabbath or Lord's day,, is indispen- 
sable to every student, and all practices inconsistent therewith 
are expressly prohibited. 

3. No student shall employ any barber or hair-dresser to 
shave or dress him on the Sabbath, nor shall any such person go 
into college on that day, for any such purpose. 

4. Besides the public exercises of religious worship on the 
Sabbath, there shall be assigned to each class certain exercises 
tor their religious instruction, suited to the age and standing 
of the pupils. These exercises shall be assigned by the presi- 
dent, and attended upon by the different officers of college, 
agreeably to the arrangement which they may make for that 
purpose, and no student belonging to any class shall neglect 
them. 

5. No student shall visit on the Sabbath, nor shall any who 
live and board in college, go without the bounds of the college* 
on that day, unless by express permission of his instructer. 

6. Monitors or bill keepers shall be appointed to note down, 
the absentees from the exercises of the college, as often as the 
faculty or any particular instructer of a class may think proper. 

7. No student shall possess or exhibit any indecent picture, 
nor purchase or read in college any lascivious, impious, or ir- 
religious books, and if any student shall be convicted thereof, 
or of lying, profaneness, drunkenness, theft, uncleanness, play- 
ing at unlawful games, (such as cards, dice, and back-gammon,) 
or other gross immoralities, or impieties, he shall be punished 
according to the nature and heinousness of the offence, by ad- 



"By which are meant the front and back yard of the college. 



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monition, public reprehension, dismission or expulsion from 
college. 

8. If any student shall quarrel with, insult or abuse a fellow- 
student, or any person whatever, he shall, upon conviction, be 
punished according to the nature of his fault and as the fa- 
culty may determine. 

9. Any student convicted of sending or receiving a challenge 
to fight a duel, who shall carry such challenge, or be a second 
in a duel, or in any wise aid or abet it, shall immediately be 
dismissed by the faculty, and as soon as practicable expelled 
by the trustees. 

10. No student shall bring, or cause to be brought, into col- 
lege, or on any occasion keep in his room, any spirituous or 
fermented liquors, without urgent necessity ; nor without an 
express permission from the teacher of the class to which he 
belongs. 

11. No student shall go to a tavern, eating house, beer house, 
or any place of such kind, for any purpose whatsoever, with- 
out permission from some member of the faculty ; and the pur- 
pose for which any student shall desire to go to any of these 
places shall be by him specified to the officer of the college 
from whom he shall ask permission ; and the permission ob- 
tained shall be considered as granted for that purpose only : 
nor shall the time of continuance at such places be greater 
than that for which permission shall have been given. 

12. No student shall on any occasion, keep company with 
persons of publicly bad character under penalty of admonition, 
and if the practice be continued, of dismission or expulsion. 

13. It is required of all students to treat all persons with 
whom they have intercourse, with decency, modesty and re- 
spect, but especially to exhibit the most respectful deportment 
to the officers of the college ; and if any student shall disobey 
any of the lawful commands of teachers, or shall, either in 
speech or action, manifest disrespect towards any of them, he 
shall be admonished, ask the forgiveness of the offended par- 
ty, or be suspended, according to the nature of his offence and 
the decision of the faculty. 

14. If any student shall refuse to appear personally before 



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the president, or any officer of the college, when required so to, 
do, he shall be punished for contempt of authority. 

15. Immediate and implicit obedience shall be yielded by 
every student to the lawful commands of every officer of the 
institution, under penalty of punishment for contempt of autho- 
rity. 

16. Any student who may be required so to do, shall open 
the door of his room or study to any officer of the college ; and 
if he refuse, the officer may break it open, and the expense of 
repairing it shall be defrayed by the student, who shall also be 
punished for disobedience. 

17. If any students remain in the college, or in the town, 
during the vacation, they shall be subject to all the laws re- 
specting decent or orderly conduct, and shall be under the con- 
trol of the officers of the college who may remain tfypre during 
fhe vacation. 



CHAPTER XVI. 

OF RESIDENT GRADUATES. 



1. Resident graduates shall have the free and full use of the 
college library, by paying one dollar per session for the same ; 
subject, however, to all the laws relative to the library, as con- 
tained in chapter 10. 

2. They may attend the recitations of any class in the col- 
lege ; and may, if they choose and are called to it by the teach- 
er of the class, recite with the class, on any particular branch 

of study. 

3. They may diet in the refectory, at the same price, and 
subject to the same rules, as the under graduates. 

4. They may receive instruction, direction or assistance, 
privately, from any officer of the college who maybe willing to 
gi ve it—for which they shall make such compensation as shall 
be agreed on between them and such officer. 

5. They shall not visit the rooms of the students in study 
hours, nor after the ringing of the evening bell, without express 
permission from some of the faculty. 

6. They shall be expected to treat all the officers and insti- 



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mtions of the college with respect, and to encourage diligence, 
order and obedience, among the students. 

7. If any resident graduate shall be judged by the faculty to 
act in a manner injurious to the college, he shall be so inform- 
ed by a note ; and shall thenceforward cease to possess the 
privileges assured to him by these laws. 

8. Graduates intending to reside for improvement at the col- 
lege, shall signify to the faculty distinctly that such is their in- 
tention ; and also that they will hold themselves bound to con- 
form to all the provisions of the statutes contained in this chap- 
ter. 



CHAPTER XVII. 

MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS. 

1. No shouting, loud talking, whistling, jumping, dancing, 
or any other boisterous noise, shall be permitted in the entries 
or rooms of the college at any time, under such penalty as the 
nature of the offence shall be judged by the faculty to deserve. 

2. No student shall be allowed to disguise himself by wear- 
ing women's apparel, or in any other way whatever, under 
penalty of such censure as the faculty may see cause to inflict. 

3. No student shall be allowed to disturb, or attempt any 
imposition on his fellow students, in any manner whatever; 
and every student shall be required to preserve order and de- 
corum in his own room, and shall be responsible for all disor- 
der therein, unless he give information, ^hen in his power, of 
the person or persons from whom it proceeded. 

4. No student, after the examination for degrees, shall leave 
college before the day of commencement, without express per. 
mission from the authority of the college. 

5. If any clubs or combinations of the students shall at any 
time take place, either for resisting the authority of the college, 
interfering in its government, or for concealing or executing 
any evil or disorderly design, every student concerned in such 
combination shall be considered as guilty of the offence which 
was intended : and the faculty are empowered and directed to 
break up all such combinations as soon as discovered, and to 



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inflict a severer punishment on each individual than if the o£ 
fence intended had been committed in his individual capacity^ 
whatever be the number concerned, or whatever be the conse- 
quence to the college. 

5. No meeting of the students of the college shall be called 
without the permission of the president or in his absence of the 
next senior officer; and no meeting of a class shall be called 
without the permission of the instructef of the class— arid in 
both cases the request shall be in writing specifying the object 
of the meeting ; and signed by the persons making the request; 
who shall be responsible for the good order and doings of the 
class, or of all the classes, at such meeting. 

7. As it may sometimes happen, that a student may become 
an unworthy, corrupting, and dangerous member of the insti- 
tution, and yet it may not be practicable to establish his crimi- 
nality by formal and specified proof : it shall, in such cases, be" 
the duty of the faculty, first to warn and admonish the party 
thus circumstanced, and if reformation do not take place, then, 
unless the urgency of the case shall forbid the measure, the 
parent or guardian of the party shall be written to and request- 
ed to remove him, and if he shall not be removed without un- 
necessary delay, it shall be the duty of the faculty to remove 
him, in such manner as they shall judge that equity and the 
good of the institution require. 

8. No student suspended, dismissed or expelled from college 
shall be permitted to enter the edifice, or come on the college 
grounds without express permission from the president ; nor 
shall the other students of the college be permitted to visit or 
keep company with a suspended, dismissed or expelled student, 
without the president's permission. 

9. No servant shall be employed in the college, except such' 
as shall be engaged by the steward, at a stipulated salary, with 
the concurrence of the faculty ; the duty of the servants within 
the college shall be pointed out solely by the faculty. And if 
any servant shall be found to violate any of the laws of the in- 
stitution, or to neglect any of his appointed duties, he shall be 
immediately dismissed. 

10. No woman shall be permitted on any pretence to go into 
the college except on days of public speaking : and excepting 



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also strangers who wish to see the college, or citizens of the' 
neighborhood, accompanied by an officer of the college, or 
Some person appointed by him. 

11. No student shall keep for his use or pleasure any horse 
or riding beast ; nor shall any student keep a dog, or gun, or 
fire-arms and ammunition of any kind, no'f any sword, dirk, 
sword-cane, or any deadly weapon whatever. 

12. If any student or students, shall steal, destroy, or tres- 
pass on the property of any person in the town or elsewhere, 
the authority of the college shall inflict an exemplary punish- 
ment on him or them ; and any combination to prevent the ex- 
ecution of the civil laws shall be severely punished. 

13. No student shall hire any horse or carriage from any 
person whatever, for the purpose of amusement, exercise, or 
business, without explicit permission from some officer of the 
college. Nor shall a student, without permission, go to a 
greater distance than two miles from the college, at any time 
whatever, during the continuance of the session. 

14. The students are subject to all the laws of the college, 
after the classes to which they belong are dismissed at the close 
Of each session, till they take their departure from the town : 
And if any student after his class is dismissed shall go to a! 
tavern without permission, or receive any entertainment or do 
any act whatsoever prohibited by the laws of the college, he 
shall be considered as committing the same offence and incur- 
ring the same penalty, as if he had done the same act before 
the dismission of his class. 

15. Whereas cases may arise not expressly provided for, the 
faculty are fully authorised to adopt such additional regula- 
tions, not inconsistent with the preceding laws, as in theii 
opinion are necessary for the good order of the institution : 
and these regulations, when announced, shall be as promptly 
Obeyed as the printed laws. 

16. In every certificate of dismission from college, the rea- 
sons of dismission shall be specified, and the student's stand- 
ing as a scholar particularly mentioned. 

17. A student dismissed from college, for whatever cause, 
shall have refunded to him the whole which' he has advanced 
for board, from the time of his dismission. 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 

The annual commencement of the college is en the last 
Wednesday of September. 

The fall vacation begins the day after commencement, and 
expires in six weeks. 

The spring vacation begins on the first Thursday after tha 
second Tuesday in April, and expires in five weeks. 

The studies of the college are the following, viz : — 

Roman and Grecian Antiquities ; The Theory of Numbers ; 
Algebra; Geometry; Plane and Spherical Trigonometry; 
Surveying; Navigation; Conick Sections; Analytical and 
Descriptive Geometry ; Differential and Integral Calculus • 
Mechanics ; Natural Philosophy ; Chemistry ; Natural Histo- 
ry; Astronomy; Political Economy; Rhetoric and Belles 
Lettres; History and Chronology; The Greek and Latin 
Classics by all the classes; Moral Philosophy; Logic; Com- 
position ; and the Holy Scriptures. 

The college course of study is completed in four years. 

The classes are denominated Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, 
and Senior. 



CERTIFICATE OF ADMISSION. 

I certify that wu 

regularly admitted a member of the College of New-Jersey, 
on the day of one thousand 

eight hundred and 

Clerk of the Faculty. 



INDEX. 




List of the Trustees, 


5 


List of the Faculty, 


6 


Of the Officers of the College generally, 


r 


Of the President, 


8 


Of the Vice-President, - 


ib. 


Of the Professors, - -> 


9 


Of the Tutors, - 


ib. 


Of the Faculty of College, 


ib. 


Of the Inspector, and of Damages done to the College, 10 


Of the Librarian and Library, 


11 


Of Punishments, 


12 


Of Admission into College, 


1* 


Of Study, - - 


15 


Of Public Speaking, 


IS 


Of Order in the Dining Room, 


17 


Of Dress, - - - 


18 


Of Religious Worship and Moral Conduct, - 19 


Of Resident Graduates, 


21 


Miscellaneous Regulations, 


22 


Advertisements, 


25 


Certificate of Admission 3 


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